When Liu Bei's figure appeared at the gate, Cai Yan couldn't stop tears from pouring out. In front of the blurred eyes, the spicy gaze of the young man appeared again: "People swim in the painting, and people are more beautiful than flowers." Yes, that's what the man chanted in the first place.

How did you answer, by the way, it was to say, "It's uneven, it's not rhythmic, and it doesn't rhyme." Such a level also dares to write poems in Luoyang, and the poems made by the people who carry water on the streets of Luoyang are also better than this. At the beginning, I judged it like this: "People are still in sight, and books need to be read again."

is such a reckless man who "needs to read again", and now he has become the overlord of Qingyu Ji, and now he has taken off the flying of the day, become stable, and become deep. It's just that the physiognomy hasn't changed much.

In fact, from his comments on Tian Fengxia at the beginning, you can see this person's mind - "This person is a famous man of Julu and has great talents." Although the words are harsh, they cannot tolerate people. However, I love his talent and can't bear to blame it. Moreover, although this person is harsh, he has something to say, as the saying goes: Loyalty is against the ear. Therefore, although this man often speaks some contrary words, I respect him and let him go as he pleases. I hope you don't feel weird. ”

Have the mind to tolerate the shortcomings of his subordinates, have the mind to praise the talents of his subordinates, and have the mind to be willing to take responsibility for his subordinates. I was arrogant at the beginning, why didn't I think of it? Now it seems that Huang Ying'er is silent, but she is the most poisonous person among the three sisters at the beginning. I am not as good as Ying'er, or even as good as Yan'er.

Liu Bei slowly paced into the door. At the meeting at the Rixi River, Liu Bei had not removed his helmet and was preparing to go to the new battlefield, and Cai Yan had just been recaptured, so he had no time to tell his parting feelings. Now that I'm calm, I don't know what to say.

In front of me, the proud woman of the past was in tears. His eyes were sobbing quietly. A generation of talented women, who have lived in the harsh environment of Xihe for many years, although they are also favored by Fuluo, but that kind of favor for slaves can be imagined to be good there. After a few years of wind and frost, although the figure is still so plump, the original delicate face is now pale and rough. The touching style is gone, only the caution engraved in the bones - every move, it is so trembling, lest it anger anyone.

Baby, the treasure of the Han people was trampled by the Huns like this, Liu. An uncontrollable anger welled up in Bei's heart - Yu Fuluo, I can't get around you.

In his ears, the greetings of Huang Ying and Mrs. Mi rang out, and Liu Bei mechanically. Nodding his head, he silently opposed Cai Yan, but he couldn't find the topic to break the embarrassment.

"Guan Da Jiao Xi (Guan Ning), Daxiangguo Gaotang. Long and Le'an Taishou Guoyuan, Beihai Xiang Kong Rong, and New Bohai County (formerly Bohai County, Hejian County, Qinghe County and Pingyuan County) Taishou Xun Yu came to visit the lord, and by the way, he also asked to visit Miss Cai. The servant's report interrupted Liu Bei's thoughts.

"Also, Uncle Gao and Uncle Taishi are also coming, and I invite them. Have a family feast", Mrs. Mi added happily.

According to the etiquette, a woman addresses her husband's relatives and friends based on the name of her own children. As a concubine, Mrs. Mi can't enjoy the treatment of the main mother, so she must call Gao Shun and Tai Shici uncles according to Liu Feng's seniority. Gao Shun is Liu Bei's senior brother, Tai Shici has lived in Liu Bei's Izumo City Lord's Mansion for many years, and the servants in Liu Bei's family have long stopped treating these two as outsiders. Mrs. Mi invited them to a family banquet, seemingly to pick up the wind for Liu Bei, but in fact she had ulterior motives.

Without waiting for Liu Bei to make a statement, Guan Ning had already led everyone into the house, first saluting Liu Bei, and then turning their eyes to Cai Yan together, and they were cold to each other.

"This is to come to see me, it's obviously to see the beauty coming", Liu Bei, who was left out, secretly laughed, he was not at home, these people didn't dare to visit in order to avoid suspicion, and now they are back, these people can't wait to come to the door. Is the temptation of a talented woman really so great?

Liu Bei beckoned Xun Yu and asked with concern: "The locusts are about to enter the country, is Tai Shoushang so free?" Le'an and Beihai, these two places have been governed for many years, the two Taishou ministers are not there, the government can also operate, the situation in New Bohai County is different, Wen Ruo (Xun Yu), did you explain when you left? ”

Xun Yu replied: "Don't worry, the people of Jizhou have not been mobilized, the labor is sufficient, there are not many locusts crossing the Yellow River, plus this year's fallow, there is not much food in the fields, the locusts have nothing to eat, even if they cross the border, they will not survive for long, the new Bohai County has organized civilian ships to go to the sea, and this year's winter grain can be coped." ”

Liu Bei patted Xun Yu on the shoulder appreciatively and said, "New Bohai County is one-third the size of Jizhou, and if Wen Ruo has done so many things, there is only one official position that is too guarded, and I have wronged you." I am going to take advantage of this year's big victory, redraw the administrative region, and divide the four counties under your rule into a separate state, well, it can't be called a state, it can be called 'Dao' (take an official position similar to that of the Song Dynasty), it can be called Bohai Dao, under the jurisdiction of the original four counties; New Tang County was renamed Nakasendo.

Youzhou is also divided into four roads. The four counties of Shanggu, Daijun, Fanyang and Yanguo are one and are called Fanyang Road; Yuyang, right Beiping, and Izumo in western Liaoning are one, which is called Izumo Road; Changli, Xuansu, and the newly expanded Xianbei site established a road, called Changli Road; Liaodong, plus the territories occupied by the Goguryeo, Fuyu tribes, and Kumoxi tribes, established a vassal state, called the Liao State, and appointed Gao Shan as the lord of the country; Lelang, with Fang, plus the territory of the Filthy tribe and the Wofu tribe established a country, named the Fang Country, and appointed Zhou Yi as the lord of the country. The treatment of the Dao is the same as that of the lord of the country, slightly lower than that of the state assassin and higher than that of the Taishou. In the future, the state will no longer set up an official office, and only retain the name of the imperial court, okay? ”

Gao Tanglong's ears were sharp, and when he heard Liu Bei talking about changing the administrative division, he immediately approached Liu Bei's side and listened attentively.

Xun Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "This time, Qingzhou only defeated one state with the power of four counties, and it is time to consider dividing the local forces, dividing the big into the small, so as to facilitate the control of the local situation." However, if the administrative division is reduced, the number of officials will inevitably increase, and the burden on the people will also increase. ”

Liu Bei asked again: "In your opinion, how about using the existing officials to manage the locality?" ”

Until the Hoover era, the entire presidential administration was run by only one secretary, and the national power gradually increased. The government does not disturb the people, and the burden on the people is naturally small, so the people should only know that the law exists, and do not know the existence of the government, which is the national policy to let the people rest and recuperate.

After so many years of education, the two prefectures have begun to adapt to the harsh laws, and at this moment, the newly conquered places such as Xihe and Karasuma need immigrants, and they should use their national and civil forces to colonize and pioneer. It is also the right time to make colonial activities a spontaneous act of the people, to reduce the administrative system, and to apply the reduced officials to open up territory.

In the colonial era, the first person sent by the United States to each colony was the sheriff, and a single sheriff could govern the entire town. This is because in the early days of colonization, immigrants were not taxed, and as long as immigrants were willing to accept the rule of the Qingzhou government, the government would provide them with their own product: social security. On the one hand, it is for the long-term income - there will always be a day when they will be taxed; On the other hand, a colony is a new market, and in order to protect the trade routes, government goods may be provided to them free of charge.

After the war in Qingzhou, there are a lot of meritorious people and honorable people, although these people have no inheritance rights, but there are many people with special treatment, this special treatment is not valuable, they must be diluted as soon as possible, and they must be sent everywhere to serve as the magistrates of various colonies, just right. Therefore, the problem that Qingzhou is facing now is, on the one hand, it needs to reduce its administrative divisions and local power, and on the other hand, it is to increase the civilian colonial power and send officials to manage the newly expanded territory.

"Step down, step down." Guo Yuan listened to Liu Bei's words from a distance, and interjected: "I have been guarding this for many years, being a cow and a horse!" It's my turn to step down. The lord changed the administrative division, and it happened that I left office and went home, and it was enough to be a rich man. Well, if you are elected to the Senate, you can move your mouth every day, and you can get paid for quarrels, how comfortable is that day. My lord, this change in the governance of officials must remember to let me step down. ”

Guoyuan was smart and understood that Liu Bei's reform had been planned for a long time, and gradually in the name of changing the administrative division, it was actually the implementation of Chen Qun's long-planned reform of official governance. In the future, as an official, although the rewards and salaries are getting higher and higher, the responsibilities are getting heavier and heavier. As a big family, Guoyuan has to take care of his own people when he makes an executive order. The administrative division has been redivided, and its opposition forces are likely to be drawn out of Le'an, and at that time, their partiality will inevitably be exposed. Rather than not being embarrassed or embarrassed at that time, it is better to retreat bravely and continue to maintain the behind-the-scenes power in Le'an in the name of the patriarch.

Guoyuan's quarrel attracted everyone's attention, and Guan Ning remembered to snub Liu Bei, and said to Liu Bei solemnly: "Xuande, you often say: war has nothing to do with women. The Xiongnu bullied my Han people, and this suffering should not be borne by Miss Cai alone. Xuande, since Miss Cai has returned to Dahan, please arrange a good place for her. ”

War has nothing to do with women, it really means that blood is gendered, the blood of fertility belongs to women, and the blood of war belongs to men. It is the natural nature of women to nurture and not kill, because they are mothers, they cannot fight – they raise, they do not kill. That's why the war makes women walk away.

Psychological research has proven that men go to the battlefield not to experience bloodshed and violence, but to experience "intimate killing" on the battlefield. The so-called "intimate killing" is to fight face-to-face with the enemy you must kill. In war, the most typical behavior of men is not death, but killing. Liu Bei has always believed and propagated that bloodshed is the exclusive privilege of warriors, and only the blood of warriors is the most valuable sacrifice on the battlefield.

Physiologists believe that only when the ethnic group is yin and yang, and the men have lost their martial courage, will they push the women out when they are in danger, and let the women replace the blood of war (harmony) with the blood of childbirth, so as to win over the enemy instead of defeating the enemy. Ancient and modern China often uses this way of seeking peace, which is really a shame for all Chinese men!

What's even more unbearable is that all Chinese men are not ashamed, but repeatedly emphasize the calamity of women, such as: King Su died for Daji, and Wu Sangui died for Chen Yuanyuan to die in the Ming Dynasty. A person who portrays a man's personal behavior as a mistake by seducing a woman - making a man irresponsible for his actions is a eunuch. Nodding his head in agreement with such a statement, this is also the work of the eunuchs.

In addition, the group is yin and yang, with special emphasis on women's chastity. The emphasis on chastity in the blood of fertility only appears in weak men and weak races, which is the science of physiology and psychology.

Liu Bei has been fighting in the east and west in recent years, laying a great country for Qingzhou, and the masculinity of Qingzhou men is becoming more and more vigorous, and the concept of women's chastity is getting weaker and weaker - the lord himself has married Wu E, who dares to talk about chastity openly in Qingzhou, that is deliberately ridiculing, that is looking for death - therefore, Guan Ning, the grandmaster of the Qingzhou school, made a solemn request in person, which is tantamount to ignoring Cai Yan's experience of humiliation, and regarded the suffering imposed on her by the war as a man's indisputability, and in order to make up for her suffering, Liu Bei was asked to treat her with special kindness.

"Young Angong, please rest assured, Liu Bei has no other skills, in Qing, You, Ji, and talking is still counting, these four state men, who does Zhao Ji value, I ordered him to marry Zhao Ji, in the future, he dares to treat Zhao Ji badly, I peeled his skin to make drum noodles." Liu Bei readily agreed, feeling a faint pain in his heart.

Another meaning of Guan Ning: Huang Ying, as the main mother, has been recognized by the whole of Qingzhou, as Liu Feng gradually grows up, at this time, if Cai Yan enters Liu Bei's mansion and becomes a concubine, it will be an insult to this talented woman; Being a wife is obviously not in the interests of Qingzhou and is not conducive to the stability of Qingzhou.

"Skinned him to make a drum noodle - it was useless to say this, Qingzhou did not have this law, and Xuande did not dare to use lynching indiscriminately. But Miss Cai's future way out, has the lord considered it? Guan Ning waved his hand and said earnestly.

"It's all up to Miss Cai's own mind," Liu Bei replied cleverly.

"Let Lord Xuande call the shots", Cai Yan replied with a generous salute.

Liu Bei glanced at Mrs. Mi, who was busy serving tea and water, and said, "Mrs. Mi once wrote to say: Miss Cai is willing to choose a broad shoulder to shelter her from the wind and rain, and whether she can do poetry is second." Now the princes of Qingzhou, the ones who are worthy of Miss Cai are Gao Minglei (Gao Shun) and Taishi Ziyi (Taishi Ci), what do you think of You'angong? ”

Guan Ning pondered for a moment and said: "Just thunder, his person is loyal and commendable, and he is the senior brother of the lord, he has not married for many years, and he is worthy of Miss Cai." Ziyi, the status is slightly weaker, not suitable. ”

Liu Bei bowed down and replied, Guan Ning said again: "Also, dispose of that Yu Fuluo quickly, I went to see it, it has become a puddle of mud, and I can't help it." Xuande, your boss is not small, what kind of tricks are you doing, keeping this person conspicuous will not be good for Miss Cai's reputation in the future......"

After Cai Yan was rescued, she was no longer a member of the Cai family (strictly speaking, she was Liu Bei's trophy). According to Confucian etiquette, the eldest brother is the father, and after losing her father, her marriage should be completely decided by Liu Bei. For a woman who has been married, discussing her marriage in person is a matter of respect for her and asking for her opinion. This is the so-called "first marriage from the father, then remarriage from yourself". Cai Yan has been living in a foreign land for many years, and she is no longer the shy little girl she was at the beginning, so she just opened her eyes wide and listened quietly to everyone's talk, as if everyone was not talking about herself.

Looking at Cai Yan's frightened gaze, Liu Bei felt a pain in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "I don't worry about handing over Miss Cai to Senior Brother." ”

Then, Liu Bei turned his back and secretly made a gesture to the servant. Xun Yu immediately understood what Liu Bei meant, he talked to Liu Bei just now, and didn't say a few words to Miss Cai, so he hurriedly stepped forward, pestered Cai Yan, and talked to him.

After a while, Dian Wei crept in, Liu Bei commanded a few words in a low voice, although Xun Yu hurried to talk, attracting Cai Yan's attention, but the corner of Cai Yan's eyes swept all this, and his heart tightened.

Later, Dian Wei ran in lightly again, and replied to Liu Bei in a low voice, Cai Yan took a deep breath, and the heavy bloody breath on Dian Wei's body floated over, Cai Yan was filled with joy and sorrow in his heart, and suddenly choked up.

Guan Ning was inspired by Miss Cai, sniffed, and looked at Liu Bei, Liu Bei nodded knowingly, and Guan Ning's heart was light: The last Hun is also finished. Even if Liu Bei is secretive, it seems that he will not feed the tiger in Fuluo. Just find a place to bury it, and in the future, no one will dare to mention him in Qingzhou.

North of Youzhou, Hanhai. The Izumo Iron Cavalry followed the retreating Karasuma cavalry from afar, unhurried, not far or near, unrelenting, and endless.

The so-called Hanhai is a general term for deserts in ancient times, the Sahara Desert can be called Hanhai, and the Taklamakan can also be called Hanhai, and the Hanhai here refers to the desert near the modern Horqin.

After the Karasuma cavalry encountered Zhang Liao, the initial battle was unfavorable, so they retreated into the desert. In previous years, the Izumo cavalry had always raided the outskirts of the desert and then retreated. However, this time, the Izumo cavalry did not hesitate to step into the desert and began a persistent pursuit.

Liu Bei has a bad habit of always giving solemn and solemn things vulgar names, for example, Liu Hun's jumping attack is named "frog jumping", the steamship is named "teapot", and the main military flag is a laughing "cartoon bear". The Izumo officer was deeply influenced by Liu Bei, and named the pursuit plan "Throwing Money".

The so-called "throwing money" plan means that your Karasuma cavalry is good at riding, you can ride a horse for three days and three nights in a row, eating, drinking, and sleeping on a horse, but no matter how good your riding skills are, you can't stand me Izumo has a lot of money, and I use excellent ordnance to equip my cavalry. Each cavalryman was equipped with two or three horses, with a trunk, and some of the soldiers on duty monitored Karasuma, and some drove the horses in pursuit, and the soldiers who were not on duty lay on the trunk, eating, sleeping, and maintaining their strength. People are tired of changing people, horses are tired of changing horses, and they don't stop all night to pursue. In the words of the staff officer who formulated this plan: It is the sufficient money to arm the soldiers, and the black pill is smashed with pure gold coins, one money is not enough for a thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and the money is enough at one time, and there will be no future troubles.

For this "final solution" operation, Izumo has practiced for many years and developed a variety of solutions, one of which is the "throwing money" pursuit plan.

After Karasuma retreated into Hankai, he planned to avoid Izumo for a while and return to his hometown. After the Izumo soldiers advanced into the desert with sufficient war rations and water, the vast desert could no longer support the wartime supply of more than 100,000 Karasuma tribes.

As a last resort, Karasuma began to circle with the Izumo cavalry in the desert, and with the advanced longitude and latitude positioning method, the Izumo cavalry no longer had to say that they were lost, relying on telescopes, the Izumo cavalry always took a straight line and intercepted the Karasuma people. After a few circles, it was the Karasuma cavalry that was exhausted, and the situation was stronger than people, and Karasuma had to withdraw from the desert and continue to flee to the far north.

After crossing the desert, Zhang Liao won a small victory on the edge of the desert and captured countless Karasuma horses and livestock. At this time, the news that Liu Bei destroyed the Southern Xiongnu in a fit of anger has spread here, and the attitude of the scattered small tribes towards the Izumo soldiers has suddenly changed greatly, Zhang Liao easily obtained the supply supplement, and under the guidance of the small tribes, he chased the Karasuma brigade inseparably.

The vast desert has taken a heavy toll on the Karasuma tribe, and along the way, the sick and weak livestock have been abandoned, and the weak men have been sent in waves to fend off the pursuers. In the desert, countless women and children died of thirst and starvation, and corpses were paved with a road sign, showing the escape route of Karasuma and the ambition of the Izumo cavalry to pursue it to the end.

Pursued to the edge of the grassland, far away, another Karasuma squad of cavalry stopped to carry out the task of blocking, Zhang Liao shook his head: this kind of small-scale cavalry could not stop the advance of the Izumo Iron Cavalry at all, and this tactic of "adding fuel one by one" would only make Karasuma's military strength eaten away. How many times? Isn't Karasuma enlightened?

Liu Bei once taught the officers that the lion and the rabbit must also go all out, and the smaller the force of soldiers and horses to challenge, the more sufficient reserves must be set aside. Zhang Liao led the sergeant to cautiously approach the Karasuma Broken Rear Force and observed for a moment.

Zhang Liao decisively ordered: "The First Army stepped forward to meet the battle and implemented the "meatloaf" tactic. The Third Army marched two miles from the right flank, reporting on the movements of Karasuma's brigade and monitoring the entire battle situation. , the Second Army rested in situ, prepared for rotational combat, and the logistics troops were on alert to the rear battalion.

'Meatloaf', bah, which little staff officer came up with a strange name, what is bad about the master, so I love to learn the problem of the master's name. ”

The trumpet sounded, and the 2nd and 3rd Light Cavalry Divisions of the 1st Army outflanked the Karasuma soldiers from a distance, and the 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the 1st Division began to adjust their horsepower and launch a tentative attack on the Karasuma soldiers.